fixed holy days

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.

Maat Judges:

Day Maat Judges: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day Maat judges in front of the neteru (deities) who become angry in the island of the sanctuary of Letopolis. His Majesty Heru (Horus) revised it. (from the Cairo Calendar)

Magna Mater:

Last Day of Festival of Magna Mater: Roman holy day. The Festival of Magna mater (Megalesia) runs from April 4 to April 10.

Bona Dea:

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Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Semut or Shemu (Harvest or Summer)
Month of Pachons or Pakhon (Khonsu)
Day 20

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Frawardin (first month)
Day of Day-pa-Mihr
Day 15

The day of Day-pa-Mihr celebrates the Av. Dadvah, The day of the Creator before Mithra. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the days spiritual being.

Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: (133) On the day of Day-pa-Mihr wash your head and trim your hair and nails, and (pick) your grapes from the vine and throw them into the wine-press so that they may become good. Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.

The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by Neo-Pagans, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here) starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on Samhain.

Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree (second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month listed below).

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Ostara

Roman information

prid. Non. Apr.
(pridie) eve of the Nones of April
Month: Aprilis

The pridie Nones is the eve of the Nones. Pridie (abbreviated prid.) is Latin for the evening before.

The Roman month of Aprilis is named for Aphrilis, a corruption of name of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite. The Greek Goddess Aphrodite was considered to be the same as the Roman Goddess Venus. Ovid said I have come to the fourth month, full of honor for you; Venus, you know both the poet and the month are yours. April was sacred to Venus, Roman Goddess of love.

The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus calendar, April (the second month) had 30 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numas calendar, April had 29 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesars calendar (the Julian Calendar), April had 30 days. Caesars calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.

numerology

Today totals 4 in modern Western numerology. See the article on four for more information.

holy days 2010

Passover:

Easter:

Easter: Christian holy day. Easter is celebrated April 4th this year by the Roman Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, and other Christians (some years the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Easters are on different days).

lunar information 2010

Third Quarter in Sagittarius:

Third Quarter: The moon is in the third (3rd) quarter (waning gibbous) in Sagittarius.

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 4:57 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 1:57 p.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). The Moon is void of course from the last traditional aspect in a sign to the ingress into the next sign. Moon void of course is a time of distractions and miscommunications. Things started during Moon void of course tend to sputter and fail.

Magick Color:

Amber: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is amber. You may want to burn an amber candle or wear some amber this day.

Magick Incense:

Eucalyptus: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is eucalyptus. You may want to burn eucalyptus incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you dont have or dont like eucalyptus.

Magick Color:

Indigo: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is indigo. You may want to burn a indigo candle or wear some indigo this day.

Magick Incense:

Parsley, Ivy, Thyme: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is ivy. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is parsley or thyme. You may want to burn ivy, parsley, or thyme incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you dont have or dont like ivy, parsley, or thyme.

Moon enters Aries:

Fourth Quarter in Aries:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Aries.

Hecate Moon:

Hecate Moon: Lunar Greek holy day. On the last day of the lunar month (the day before the New Moon), the Greeks honored Hecate, the Goddess of Witches, by leaving a small meal on altars at crossroads. These meals were eaten by the poor or animals (note use a paper plate, because any plate must be permanently donated to Hecate). Occurs today in 2008. Many modern Witches and Wiccans volunteer to help distribute food the poor on this day. Other modern Witches and Wiccans organize food drives or donate food for the poor on this day. See also Hecate black candle love spell.

Fishing: The Moon makes this day excellent for fishing.

astrological information 2008

Moon Conjunct Uranus: The Moon is in conjunction with Uranus at 3:51 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

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